Overview
- The BCCI publicly invited applications on Aug 24 for five seats on a Junior Cricket Committee and set a firm deadline of 5:00 PM IST on September 5 for submissions.
- The committee will pick age-group teams up to Under-22 for camps and domestic and international fixtures and will run junior tournaments and overseas tours.
- The board listed detailed duties including scouting and assessing players, vetting coaches and support staff, preparing evaluation reports, and teaching young players about drugs, betting and match-fixing.
- Applicants must be former players with at least 25 first-class matches who retired at least five years ago, and anyone who has served five cumulative years on any BCCI Cricket Committee is ineligible.
- The announcement arrives as the BCCI continues a separate search for a new title sponsor after IDFC’s term ends, a process that has not yet produced acceptable bids and could affect funding for junior programmes.